Bob Weiss

I’m Christina Bellantoni, today’s Essential Politics host, as we follow several threads of news on the presidential campaign and here in the Golden State.

A BLOW TO BROWN: JUDGE BLOCKS PAROLE INITIATIVE

Gov. Jerry Brown was dealt what may be a major political and policy setback late Wednesday afternoon, when a judge blocked his much talked-about ballot initiative to change prison parole rules and revamp the juvenile justice system.

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I’m Christina Bellantoni, today’s Essential Politics host, as we follow several threads of news on the presidential campaign and here in the Golden State.
A BLOW TO BROWN: JUDGE BLOCKS PAROLE INITIATIVE
Gov. Jerry Brown was dealt what may be a major...

When news broke of the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) knew he’d call Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Redlands), stepping into an uncomfortably familiar role of counseling a member of Congress whose district just went through a tragedy....

The warning is blunt: "Safety is a community effort. Look out for each other. And if you're from out of town looking for trouble, you're better off staying away."
That message and others were sent to student affairs offices at 120 campuses...

With support from families who lost loved ones in the Isla Vista massacre in May, the state Senate on Wednesday approved legislation aimed at taking guns away from people seen as a danger to themselves or others.
The bill, which goes back to the Assembly...

The NBA’s announcement Tuesday that the Clippers were sold to former Microsoft billionaire Steve Ballmer ends Donald Sterling’s 33 years as the team’s owner. Assuming no legal challenge reverses the sale, it brings to a close one of the most prolonged and...

Family members of the UC Santa Barbara students killed in Elliot Rodger's rampage in Isla Vista have reacted visibly with deep sorrow and anger, while others have remained silent, asking that their privacy be respected as they grieve.
Some parents had...

When Bob and Colleen Weiss learned that their daughter may have been a victim in the Isla Vista shooting rampage, they immediately got in their car late Friday night and drove from their home in Thousand Oaks to Santa Barbara. But once they arrived in the Santa Barbara County coastal community...